DALBIT-2: An earth-based lander testbed for space flights   Professor Sejin Kwon’s research team has developed an Earth-based lander testbed called ‘DALBIT-2’, which is a flying platform operating on the ground to validate planetary landing technologies prior to the actual space mission.   Article | Fall 2020     As the second and third phases of the Korea Lunar Explorat...

Low-thermal-budget doping of graphene in ambient air   For synthesis and modification of materials, a furnace heating system has been widely used but leads to considerable energy loss with a high thermal budget. Accordingly, a KAIST joint research team has developed a productive approach for tuning of materials through optical annealing.   Article | Fall 2020     Graphite comprising many s...

Non-thermosensitive cell-sheet engineering via functional polymer coatings   Prof. Sung Gap Im’s group developed a new cell sheet technology that can harvest cell sheets within 100 seconds without changing temperature through a functional polymer film that can precisely control the surface free energy of the culture substrate.   Article | Fall 2020     Prof. Sung Gap Im’s grou...

A deep-learned  E-skin decodes complex human motion   A deep-learnd single-strained electronic skin sensor can capture human motion from a distance with only a single sensor. The sensor placed on the surface of the skin decodes complex five-finger motions in real time.   Article | Fall 2020     Capturing body motions is quite costly, in general, as conventional approaches require man...

Ultrathin high-resolution camera inspired by insect eyes   The vision systems in nature provide intriguing optical design inspiration for ultracompact imaging systems. A research group led by Ki-Hun Jeong has demonstrated a fully packaged ultrathin insect-eye camera, that offers high contrast and super-resolution imaging by using novel optical materials and techniques. This ultrathin arrayed camera could have...

Mole-bot: biomimetic embedded digging robot for underground exploration   Mole-bot is a novel biomimetic drilling robot for efficient drilling. By mimicking the distinctive anatomy and behavior of African mole-rat and European mole, this robot solves the aggravating problems of conventional drilling systems along with saving the cost and labor.   Article | Fall 2020     Mole-bot, a drillin...